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Today I just wanted to share a Free Printable Alphabet Poster that I put together. This alphabet poster is perfect to display in your writing center, as part of a personal writing office, or to add to your student’s folder so they can refer to it when needed. This is a small version of the same pictures used in my Alphabet… Read More
We’ve been having so much fun with all of our other scavenger hunts, we wanted to add the whole alphabet too! I’m posting a new letter each weekday until we get to Z. If you would like them in a printable form, they are available on Primary Playground here and TeachersPayTeachers here. All of the letters are available inside all… Read More
With everyone staying at home and e-learning happening everywhere, I thought it would be fun to make different scavenger hunts to share with you each day for the kiddos to do. They are listed in the order that I am posting them on Facebook. So you can choose whichever one you’d like to do. I’ve gotten sooo many requests to… Read More
Are your little learners working on their beginning sounds? I have a fun game for you today to help them practice those letter sounds! I’ve been playing this game with my own kids for many years and now get to play it with my nephews on Thanksgiving. We all sit around after eating our yummy Thanksgiving dinner, some people looking… Read More
I’m always trying to think of new ways for little learners to practice their beginning sounds. Since Halloween is quickly approaching, I made this Boo Beginning Sounds Game for them to have a fun new way to practice they’re sounds. I’ve been playing this game for years with my kids and it’s always a favorite, We’re just putting a Halloween… Read More
I love helping to teach little learners their letters and the sounds they make. It’s the first building block to helping them learn how to read and is so important. I’ve gathered some of my favorite Activities To Teach Beginning Sounds. I love making things fun, hands-on and like to play a lot of games. When your students get to… Read More
When teaching the alphabet, we’re not just teaching the letters but the beginning sounds they make as well. These Free Printable Beginning Sound Puzzles are a fun way for your little learners to practice their letter sounds. These Primary Playground resources work well with this blog post. The Prep The download contains 26 different puzzles for your students to put… Read More
Whether you are just starting the school year off and teaching your little learners their letters or it’s the end of the school year and you’re counting down the days, we’ve gathered a whole list of snack ideas for the alphabet. At the bottom of the post, I’ve gathered all of the ideas onto a printable so you can easily… Read More
this article (and most) on primary playground, does contain affiliate links that we do earn a commission off of. clicking these links does not cost you any extra but helps our website to keep great articles and freebies like this coming your way. Back to school time means learning the alphabet, letters and beginning sounds. So I thought we’d read… Read More
this article (and most) on primary playground, does contain affiliate links that we do earn a commission off of. clicking these links does not cost you any extra but helps our website to keep great articles and freebies like this coming your way. At the beginning of the school year a lot is focused on letters during ELA time and… Read More
This time of year is all about introducing the alphabet! For our literacy snack idea this week, we are reading our favorite alphabet book, Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, by Bill Martin, Jr. “In this lively alphabet rhyme, all the letters of the alphabet race each other up the coconut tree. Will there be enough room? Oh, no – Chicka Chicka… Read More
A couple weeks ago I shared a fun sight word balloon toss game that we did to practice our sight words this summer. We had my nephew over the other day that is going into kindergarten this fall so we switched up the game and did a letters and sounds balloon toss. My kids learned their letter sounds when they were… Read More
Study: Too Many Structured Activities May Hinder Children's Executive Functioning
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Children who decide for themselves how to spend their time have more highly-developed executive function, according to a study.